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<h1>About</h1>

<p>TeXample.net is a web site dedicated to the wonderful world of TeX and friends. The site
is still under heavily construction, so sorry for all the mess. Content, features and design will
be added gradually. </p>

<h2>Why the silly name?</h2>
<p>Mainly because the best names <a href="http://latex-community.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1631">were already taken</a>, but the web site's name can be interpreted in multiple ways:
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<p>The TeX part (<em>a</em>) should be obvious. <a href="http://www.answers.com/ample">Ample</a> (<em>b</em>) means <em>of large or great size, amount, extent, or capacity</em>. TeX is all that and more.  The example part (<em>c</em>) is important because learning by example is very effective and the original intention of this
site was to host the TikZ and PGF examples gallery. The final .net (<em>d</em>) part is there because it sounds good.</p>

<h2>Who is behind this site</h2>

<p>The site has been built and designed by <a href="http://www.fauskes.net/">Kjell Magne Fauske</a>.</p>

<h2>What is the technology behind this site?</h2>

<p>This site is powered by the fantastic <a href="http://www.djangoproject.com/">Django web framework</a>.
If you are interested in the implementation, all of the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/texample/">site's source code is freely available</a>.</p>

<p>Hosting is provided by <a href="http://www.webfaction.com/?affiliate=fauske">Webfaction</a>.</p>

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